Beehive



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Bee Hive.

No. 1,612. Patented May 9, 1840.

ROBERT MARTIN, OF FAIRFIELD, OHIO.

BEEI-IIVE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 1,612, dated May 19, 1840.

lumbiana and State of Ohio, have invented.

a new and useful Improvement in the Construction of Beehouses; and I hereby declare that the following i/s a full, clear, and exact description of the construction of the same, reference being had tothe annexed drawings, making part of the specification, in whichW Figure 1 is a view ofthe front elevation of the beehouse with the front doors open, showing three of the drawers of the house on the left in and the other drawer out. Fig. 2 includes the end elevation of the house with the slides that close the holes between the two slides of the house, or in other words that close and open the holes in the center partitions. Fig. 3 exhibits a view of the transverse section showing two of the chambers vacant and also the inclined planes on one side and at the vbottom of the house. Fig. 4 is a view of the plan of the first tier of chambers with two of the drawers in. Fig. 5 is a view of the second tier of chambers with two of the drawers in. Fig. 6 is a view of the attic chambers with the openings or holes for the bees to pass up and down. Fig. 7 is a view of the back elevation of one of the lower drawers. Fig. 8 is a view of back elevation of the drawers in the first and second tiers of chambers, andi Fig. 9 is a view of the top of one of the top drawers.

The partitions are designated by the let ter A, the inclined planes by the letter B, the floors by the letter C, the chambers by the letter D, the drawers by the letter E, the slides by the letter G, the holes for the bees to pass from one drawer to another by the letter H, the doors by the letter E, the lids of the roof by the letter I, the aperturesv of the first and secondfloors by the letter J.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention I will proceed to direct its construction.

The beehouse consists of a box made in the shape of a dwelling house with the exception of its legs or feet, and five feet ten inches in height, including roof, and feet two feet in width and three feet ten inches in length.V Ihe size, however, may vary to suit; the notions of the purchasers. The house is divided into two tiers or stories by means of plank divisions `or floors that are fitted into the ends of the house either by dovetailing or plowing or nailing. These floors are made of entire plank one inch in .thickness and of the length and width ofthe house. The stories or the space between .the floors are sixteen inches in the clear and are divided by two cross partitions eachz into plow and fastened by glue or nails. ThereV is` also a center partition in each story running from one end to the other of the house,

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I six openings of equal size, three in the lowery iequal distance from the sides, dividing the openingsinto twelve chambers of equa-l size., Y

six on eitherside of the center partition, the center partition to be made of half inch stuff dropped into the floors and the partitionsY and the ends of the house, and to closeup they openings that run through the; house from side to side, excepting two inchesy inY fthe upper part of the partitions next the 1 floors, which are to be filled up by thel slides at the ends of the house. In the cross par-- tition there are to-be holes of an inchin i diameter, one hole to each chamber, to corre..-

spond with like holes in the drawers, andto enable the bees to pass from one drawer to another those holes are lto be in the upper part of cross partitions in about two inches `of the top` of the partitions and half way from the center partition, tothe side slides are to be fitted into thecross partition directly opposite the holes in the partitions, and in the slides there are holes which when the, slides are shoved in will with the front slides are fastened wires that can be turnedV down. To draw out the slides in the ends veo ico

of the house are four slides, ,twoV on each "7 side, and they are fitted in so as to slide directly on the center partitions and fill up the spaces left in said partitions, thereby* constituting a part of the center partitions. The slides in one end run in through one of the openings to the cross partition, and only opens and closesv the holes of two drawers, one on each side of the house. The otherv slide passes two openings to the said cross partition, thereby opening and closing the;

c the upper iioor there are twelve holes of an,V

holes to four drawers, two on each side of the house; The slides are two inches wide and a half inch thick, having two holes in themA to each opening, which holes are to correspond with Vlike 'holes in the drawers. The obj ectxof these slides is to close the holes in the drawers when it becomes necessaryto take out a drawer, and it is done by drawingoutthe slides one Vinch.` In `the front an rear sides of the rst and second floors there areoblong apertures one inch from thepoutside of the 'lioors'onehalf inch in width and as long as the drawers are wide in the clear.

TheyV are mortised through said floors and are designed to carry off the dirt 'lor insects that may getinto the drawers above, and also forV the beesjto passup and down.

These apertures maybe closed up bythe slides when it becomes necessary to take out any of the drawers, the'slides to befittedin the front part or edges of thelio'ors and to be taken out andput in when designed. In

inch in.diameter',two over each chamber, to

enable thefbees to pass to and from the outerstoryor upper part ofthe house when.. the bowls areto be placed. `The roof of the bee house is made to resemble the roof of a A materials as will stand the weather.

dwelling house, withV a comb cornice, `6to., and the outer story is to be divided by a close partition from; the'comb to the upper floor,dividing it1 into two rooms. On'each side of the comb there is a lid or door ex-j tending the whole length of the roof, de`A signed' to be'opened when the bowls'are putV in 0r taken out. f These lids are placed so high up as to leave a suficient space Afor the bowls: The'roof Vshould be made of such To every chamber of the bee house there is a drawer, making'twelve to the two tiers or stories, the divisions to be made so as to fit exactly thechambers, and to be so constructf the back part of the drawers.

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ed as to slide in and` out, the drawers to be dovetailed together `at the top, the sides made of `half inch stuff, dovetailed in, and the bottom of thedrawers to be' made with slides, or in other words to slide in, formingV inclined planes,'the planes towardthe sides of the house inorderto passof insectsor any other matter-that` may collect in the drawers to the aperture in the 'floors,.the

A edge of the incline planes or bottom of the drawers to extend to andV fit exactly the apertures inthe floors and the planes or bot-v tomsl riseasthey run back toward the center partitionforty five degrees until they strike Fig. 3 exhibits he planes and their inclination, the? planes or bottoms v-ofr the drawers to be made of half inch stuff plowed A p into the sides Vofthe drawers,and so tted` that they can be taken out or putin at Kpleasure: Therplanes or bottoms of theV drawers are fitted in by a pin or nail, `and so A VLeie that it canbe easily taken out, the front of the drawers to'be made of glass either fitted into the drawers or` intoV frames and the frames fastened on to the drawers byscrews. The object of the `glass or front `of the drawers isto exhibit the working of the bees in the drawers, &c. )Under the lower floor there are, three drawers of the width of the u h'ouseat the upper part of the drawers and madeplaning downward with one angle of forty five degrees, until they come to near a point. The planes B, B, in Fig. 3 under the house give the shape `of the lower drawers and-the lower opening. fThe objects of the planes andopening are to pass oftl all the dirt that may haveaccumulated above.; Under theloweriioor thereare two cross partitions made of plank one inch in thickness `.and fastened `by dovetailsctothe floors. Theymay, however, be `constructed out ofthe same plankthat constructed the cross partitionin the lowerfstory, the under partition toA conform tothe shape "of the vlower divisions andto be put in as todivide the underfslide of thehouse into thi-ee Open?. lugs F'OI` the drawers". f

A, A, underthe housein Figsl represents the cross partition, thelower drawers t'o be supported bythe tops of the drawers -under the ioor,` the`-drawers made topslide in` rabbetsmade in theflowerparttion and' ends of the house. c S S S Sin Fig. `l rep for the drawers to slide'in. Y

T T in Fig. 7V representsthe 4ggrrooves of the lowerdrawers` that run inthe rabbets and'support the drawers. `All the Ybottoms of the lower drawers thenareto be openresents the rabbets .t

ings left of a half inch in width for the dirt 1 to fall out at and for the bees to goiny and out at the back part of thelower drawers `to l project down three inches for the bees'tor light onand to `be solmade' as to slide out and in at` pleasure c when the Y lower drawers Vmight wantto be opened, the back'p'artsof the drawers -fastened inby a pin thatgcan be Areadily taken out.. The nailed together.

`lower drawers are Fig. '7 represents a view of. one `ofthe lower :drawers out and letter E under the house 1n Fig. 1 one of the lower drawers in.

The endsof the house are made of entire planks one inch in thickness, the tops made to conform to vand receive the roof and the -bottom circled out or cut `in bracket form for feet or legs. Fig. 2 represents one of the ends. At the `bottoms-of the ends there are inch planks fitted on so as to strengthen the legs of the house. `On the Vfront and back sides ofthe lower floor ofthe house there are sills fitted on to fthe floors to receive the doors and of `the same thickness of the doors. Gaps are also lt'ted on the upper floor to receive the'. doors in `the same `manner as the sills and to receive a cornice, the

the apertures n the oor and drawers, oom- 10 bined so as to form a passage from the top to the bottom of the hives, the whole being constructed as set forth in my speoeation. y

ROBERT MARTN.

Witnesses:

C. D. COFFIN, E. CARROLL. 

